Thanks John, I reviewed the guide pages and I would agree with Steatoda. There is a good match with an image submitted by Ken Schneider in Oct. I'm not sure I would agree with his "possibly Grossa" unless this is an immature specimen and I would think it is rather late in the season for immature sightings.

I'm 96% sure this is a recently molted (probably within 1.5 weeks) penultimate female of the grossa species. And grossas are year-round spiders. The females can live up to six years or more in the right conditions, although the males only make it a year or so. Granted, there is more actual mating going on during the Spring, Summer, and Fall months. But after mating, the female can withhold the sperm and lay eggs whenever she wants...and can actually make 3-6 eggs sacks after having mated only once. She can spread them out, too...laying one every few weeks instead of all at once, for example. This information is from my personal experience rearing and keeping grossas, not to mention the fact that my house is full of them...so if an arachnologist reads this and needs to correct my information, I apologize. I am not trying to mislead anyone. I'm just spreading what I've learned.